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How to Replace the Piston Rings Opel Tigra A

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Piston Rings, Replace

Remove piston - see operation "Piston with Con-rod, Remove and Install". Remove piston rings with piston ring pliers (see illus. I). Remove carbon deposit out of groove with split and wedge-shaped piston ring.

Tension piston ring in cylinder and measure gap with feeler gauge (see illus. II). Piston ring sizes, permissible piston ring gaps - see Technical Data.

Install piston rings (see illus. III). Oil scraper ring: Offset ring gaps of steel band rings by 25 to 50 mm in each case to the left or right relative to the gap of the intermediate ring. Piston rings: Offset ring gaps by approx. 120 ° . Second piston ring with identification "TOP" upwards.

Install piston with con-rod - see operation "Piston with Con-rod, Remove and Install".